I. Secured Loans (Schedule 3) Loans
a) The term loans from banks and others are secured by an exclusive
first charge on the specific assets.
b) The working capital facilities from banks are secured by a
hypothecation of stock of raw materials, work-in-process, finished
goods, stores and spare parts and book debts of the Company. These are
further secured by a second charge on the movable fixed assets of the
Company.
II. Contingent Liabilities
a) Guarantees
(i) The Company has provided guarantee to third parties on behalf of
its Subsidiary CFL Mauritius Limited - Rs.5,887.20 lakhs (2010:Rs.
5,963.76 lakhs.)
(ii) The Company has provided a guarantee towards the borrowing of
Tunisian Indian Fertilizers S.A., Tunisia (TIFERT), a joint venture
Company, up to Rs. 23,080.50 lakhs (2010:Rs. 23,380.65 lakhs).
The amounts shown in the item (a) represent guarantees given in the
normal course of business and not expected to result in any loss to the
Company on the basis of the beneficiaries fulfilling their obligations
as they arise. The amounts in item (b) represent best estimate and the
uncertainties are dependent on the outcome of the legal processes
initiated by the Company or the claimant as the case may be.
III. Segment Reporting
a) Business Segment
The Company has considered business segment as the primary segment for
disclosure. The Company is primarily engaged in the manufacture and
trading of Farm Inputs, which in the context of Accounting Standard 17
issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is considered
the only business segment. In respect of retail business of the
Company, since this is not material, disclosure of business segment
information is not considered necessary at this stage.
b) Geographical Segment
The Company sells its products mainly within India where the conditions
prevailing are uniform. Since the sales outside India are below the
threshold limit, no separate geographical segment disclosure is
considered necessary.
IV. Leases
The Company has entered into certain operating lease agreements and an
amount of Rs. 1,514.69 lakhs (2010: Rs. 1,409.68 lakhs) paid under such
agreements has been charged to the Profit and Loss Account. These
agreements are cancelable in nature.
V. Related Party Disclosures
Information relating to Related Party Transactions as per Accounting
Standard 18 notified under Section 211 (3C) of the Act.
VI. The Company has recognized subsidy income for the current year as
per the Nutrient Based Subsidy (NBS) Policy announced by Government of
India, effective April 1, 2010. Such income has been shown under
Government Subsidies in the Profit and Loss Account. The subsidy
income for the year includes Rs.22,652.00 lakhs (2010: Rs. 26,211.00
lakhs) relating to previous years, following announcement /
determination of the final rates of concession for the previous years.
VII. During the year, Government of India has decided to buy back the
remaining Fertiliser Companies Government of India Special Bonds
(Fertiliser bonds - issued by it in an earlier year in lieu of subsidy
dues) in two equal tranches during 2010-11 and 2011-12 through Reserve
Bank of India and also decided to share atleast 50% of the loss on such
sale of fertiliser bonds. Accordingly the Company has sold 50% of the
fertiliser bonds of each coupon rate held (aggregate face value of
Rs.49,886.45 lakhs) on 31st March 2011 and accounted for a loss of
Rs.7,435.51 lakhs. The Company has also recognised 50% compensation
receivable from Government of India amounting to Rs.3,717.76 lakhs.
Consequently Mark to Market provision of Rs.6,888.58 lakhs made in
respect of these bonds have been reversed. In respect of unsold bonds,
the Company continues to value the same at the current market price
pending confirmation on the price and timing of sale by Government of
India.
VIII. Other Matters
a) Based on the information available with the Company, there are no
dues/interest outstanding to Small and Micro Enterprises as at March
31, 2011.
b) Sales are net of discounts, other than usual trade discounts, Rs.
7,229.58 lakhs (2010: Rs. 5,804.59 lakhs).
c) The net difference in foreign exchange (i.e., difference between the
spot rate on the dates of the transactions and the actual rate at which
the transactions are settled / appropriate rates applicable at the year
end) debited to the respective heads of account in the Profit and Loss
Account is Rs.5,780.65 lakhs (2010: Rs. 8,915.14 lakhs credit ).
d) Exchange difference in respect of forward exchange contracts to be
recognised in the Profit and Loss Account in the subsequent accounting
period is Rs. 1,199.91 lakhs debit (2010: Rs. 153.03 lakhs debit).
f) Land - Lease deed in respect of land admeasuring 9.80 acres taken on
lease from Visakhapatnam Port Trust by the erstwhile GFCL, is pending
execution.
g) The Ordinary shares of Tunisian Indian Fertilizers S.A., Tunisia
(TIFERT) held by the Company and included under Investments (Schedule
6) have been pledged to secure the obligations of TIFERT to their
lenders.
h) During the year, the Company has made political donations of Rs. Nil
(2010: 25.00 lakhs to Telugu Desam Party and Rs 15.00 lakhs to
Prajarajyam Party ).
i) The proportionate share of Assets, Liabilities, Income and
Expenditure of Joint venture Companies, Coromandel Getax Phosphates Pte
Ltd (Coromandel Getax), Coromandel SQM India Private Limited
(Coromandel SQM) and Tunisian Indian Fertilizers SA (TIFERT) are given
below:
IX. Previous years figures have been regrouped/ reclassified
wherever necessary to conform to the classification adopted for the
current year. |